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North American hog markets wracked by coronavirus

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 12, 2020

MarketsFarm — Besides shutting down entire cities and killing more than 1,000 people, China’s novel coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on North America’s hog futures. “It’s a dubious relationship, but it is impacting markets,” said Tyler Fulton, risk management director for Hams Marketing Services in Winnipeg. Lean hog futures moved “in concert with drops in […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

By Tom Polansek October 17, 2019

Reuters — Tyson Foods in February will stop buying U.S. hogs raised with a growth drug banned by China, the company said on Thursday, as global meat suppliers seek an edge in boosting sales to Chinese buyers facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease. The halt in the […] Read more

Lloyd Longfield, Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Martin Lavoie president and CEO of Canada Pork International made the announcement at the Ontario Pork office on July 25. Photo: CPI Funding

Hogs, Livestock

Federal government funding $6 million to Canada Pork International

By jennifer Betzner July 25, 2019

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has announced $6 million will be invested in Canada Pork International (CPI) to focus on strengthening, diversifying and growing of Canada’s pork exports. It will help to boost the awareness of the industry in the priority international markets. Why it matters: A halt to exports to China has made finding other […] Read more

Hogs, News

China can’t ban hope — pork sector is eyeing a great year

The supply-and-demand calculus is clear: Demand is high, supply is low, and those selling pork will find buyers

By Alexis Kienlen July 19, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes International pork markets are in disarray, but the prospects are good for pork producers here — even after Beijing’s new ban on Canadian pork exports. China had been a hot market for Canadian pork this year, with its purchases jumping by more than half in the first four months and moving the nation ahead of […] Read more

CME May 2019 hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on hopes for increased exports to China

By Mark Weinraub April 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures charged higher on Wednesday, with the May contract surging 5.4 per cent, on hopes for a trade deal with China that would boost exports to the world’s largest consumer of pork. “U.S.-China trade talks restart in D.C. today and most accounts have those negotiations going […] Read more

CME June 2019 live cattle futures with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures mixed, cattle futures firm

By Mark Weinraub April 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Monday, with the front-month contract firming slightly after two straight days of declines while deferreds continued to ease. Traders said that fresh pork exports to China were required to ease the burdensome supplies and boost hog futures higher. “Even though we […] Read more

CME June 2019 lean hogs, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble after Trump threatens Mexico border closure

By Karl Plume March 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures ended down sharply for a second straight day on Friday after a volatile session in which traders weighed thinner near-term hog supplies against risks to pork exports with Mexico. Early-session strength stemmed from a quarterly U.S. Department of Agriculture hog supply report, released after […] Read more

A crenellated walkway on top of the Great Wall of China. (Cia.gov)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

By Dominique Patton, Tom Polansek June 21, 2018

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. producers of pork, already saddled with duties enacted in an earlier round of the escalating trade dispute with China, are bracing for further pain after Beijing hit the products with additional tariffs due to come into effect next month. China implemented a 25 per cent duty on most U.S. pork […] Read more

Chef Jonathan Collins cuts up a pork leg, foot included, to prepare ginger and black vinegar hog trotters in a video for Canada Pork International. (Video screengrab from CanadaPork.com)

Hogs, Livestock

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

By Dave Sims April 9, 2018

CNS Canada — Pork producers in Western Canada are still grappling with old problems even as new opportunities present themselves in the export market, according to presenters at the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual general meeting Thursday in Winnipeg. Canadian pork exports in 2017 totaled 1.29 billion tonnes to a tune of $4 billion. On its […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying sends CME live cattle higher

By Reuters April 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose sharply for a second straight day on Thursday, driven by short covering and fund buying, said traders. Investors, for now, are focused more on what packers will pay for cattle in the near term than a potential trade war with China, a trader said. On […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high

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U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high

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U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

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North American hog markets wracked by coronavirus

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

Federal government funding $6 million to Canada Pork International

China can’t ban hope — pork sector is eyeing a great year

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on hopes for increased exports to China

U.S. livestock: Hog futures mixed, cattle futures firm

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble after Trump threatens Mexico border closure

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

U.S. livestock: Fund buying sends CME live cattle higher

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